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dog-and-pony show (and a confession)

Sometimes life feels like a dog-and-pony show.

This is a phrase I've been thinking about. It comes to mind at the oddest times and I realize how imperfectly I "do" life.

I think this phrase, has--in a roundabout way--afforded me an extra measure of grace in relating to others.

I wish I could rewind, but then perhaps I wouldn't have learned the lessons I have that will make me a better friend, wife, mother ...

Besides, there's a certain humility that comes with this realization.

All the same, I hope the same measure of grace is afforded to me as I fumble along, at times, performing in my own dog-and-pony show.

And some offer me grace upon grace ... thank you.

I am learning.

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